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Details for: Dioscorea
Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Name: Dioscorea Plum. ex L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 1032. 1753
Rank: Genus
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Lilianae
                         Ordo - Dioscoreales
                              Familia - Dioscoreaceae
                                  
Geo-Search:
Heterotypic synonyms: Borderea Miégev.
Botryosicyos Hochst.
Elephantodon Salisb.
Epipetrum Phil.
Hamatris Salisb.
Helmia Kunth
Higinbothamia Uline
Hyperocarpa (Uline) G. M. Barroso, E. F. Guim. & Sucre
Merione Salisb.
Nanarepenta Matuda
Oncorhiza Pers.
Oncus Lour.
Polynome Salisb.
Rhizemys Raf.
Ricophora Mill.
Sismondaea Delponte
Strophis Salisb.
Tamnus Mill.
Tamus L.
Testudinaria Salisb. ex Burch.
Ubium J. F. Gmel.
Included taxa: Dioscorea balcanica Košanin
Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky
Dioscorea chouardii Gaussen
Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin
Dioscorea orientalis (J. Thiébaut) Caddick & Wilkin
Dioscorea pyrenaica Bubani & Bordère ex Gren.
 
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: AE(G) Ag Al Au Az Be Bl Br Bu Ca Co Cr Cy Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu IJ It Ju Li LS Lu Ma Md Rf(CS) Rm Sa Si Tcs Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [Hb]